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TIL: There is controversy over China’s top ranking in the international student assessment. Only the three richest Chinese school districts participate in the international student assessment.

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dDYRj TIL that the United States Central Intelligence Agency uses the jingle of the cat food brand Meow Mix as an instrument of torture.
XE8nD TIL It's illegal to write a check for less than $1 (18 U.S. Code § 336 - Issuance of circulating obligations of less than $1)
prOp TIL in 1947 the British used 6800 tonnes of surplus WW2 explosives to destroy military infrastructure on the tiny island of Heligoland. Loss of the island was acceptable. The explosion resulted in one of the largest single non-nuclear detonations recorded. Newsreel footage in comments.
neePd Some concern is beneficial but obsessing is often futile.
aw6oo TIL the 90s sketch comedy show “In Living Color” drew away 22% of Super Bowl XXVI’s viewers during its halftime show by doing a special live episode of their own, which is why subsequent Super Bowls got A-List performers and dropped the previous themed marching band format.